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Power Macintosh 6100/60 Review: Specs, Price, Value and More

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Introduced: March 14, 1994Terminated: January 3, 1995 Logic BoardProcessor:   601Processor Speed:   60 MHz2nd Processor:   opt. Intel 486DX2-66PMMU:   IntegratedFPU:   IntegratedBus Speed:   30 MHzData Path:   64-bitROM Size:   4 MBLevel 1 Cache:   32KLevel 2 Cache:   optionalExpansion Slots:   one 7″ NuBus or PDSBattery:   3.6V Lithium MemoryRAM Type:   72-pin SIMMRAM Slots:   2Min – Max RAM:   8 MB – 72 MBMinimum RAM Speed:   80 nsInstall in groups of:   2RAM Sizes:   4, 8, 16, 32 MBOnboard RAM:   8 MB PortsADB:   1USB:   noneFireWire:   noneVideo:   HDI-45Floppy:   noneSCSI:   DB-25Geoports:   2Ethernet:   AAUI-15Mic Type:   PlainTalkOther … Read more

Make Your Old Compact Mac Talk with Speak

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When Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh in 1984, he let the computer speak for itself. I have often wondered how they did that on a computer with 128K RAM, an 8 MHz CPU, and a 400K disk drive. I think that I have found the answer. I have came by a program called Speak from … Read more

Apple’s First GUI-Based Computer System: Lisa

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Apple introduced the Lisa computer in January 1983. It was Apple’s first attempt to sell a computer designed from the bottom up with a graphical user interface (GUI). It was not merely an attempt to throw a graphical operating environment over a text-line operating system like early versions of Windows or early Apple II graphical … Read more

Apple Lisa 2 Review: Specs, Price, Value and More

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Apple introduced the Lisa 2 in January 1984. It was an upgraded version of the original Lisa, which was introduced early in 1983. Billed as one of the line of “Apple 32 SuperMicros”, the Lisa 2 was sold as Apple’s business solution, supplanting the Apple III and sharing the spotlight with its close cousin, the … Read more

Macintosh History: The Macintosh Licensing Conundrum

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Apple has throughout much of its history resisted licensing its technology. This resistance has more than anything else fostered the creation of a separate and dominant industry standard, Microsoft Windows. Many insiders at Apple favored the concept of licensing in the early 1980s, but the company’s leadership as a whole, did not want to lose … Read more

ImageWriter Review: Price, Specs, Value and More

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Apple introduced the ImageWriter dot matrix printer on June 1, 1984 as the standard printer for the Macintosh, introduced earlier that same year. The 9-pin ImageWriter, built by Tokyo Electronic, can print all Macintosh screen fonts and graphics, as well as screen dumps (replicas of the screen)[1]. The ImageWriter was originally conceived as a replacement … Read more